Monday, November 15, 2004
The Battle of Bad Bet Soggy Blanket
Oh man...people are starting to get a little T.O'd at the blog poll question --
Mestee,
I object to your poll choices. doesn't "i've been better" cover "ornery," "expletive", and depending on your disposition, "good" and "fabulous"? to avoid confusion on your next poll, i suggest two choices: (1) i've been better and (2) better than ever. 'til then, i'll have to consider you and your results statistically insignificant.
jonathan bryce casual
JB Casual,
Perhaps you were too intoxicated by the merlot you were swilling from your plastic wine glass, or maybe it was the tight-fitting mock turtleneck cutting the oxygen supply to your brain, but somehow you overlooked the fact that "ornery" or "(expletive)" are not necessarily covered by "I've been better". If you are an incredibly happy person, and you reply that you've been better, this does not necessarily mean that you are feeling ornery or (expletive) -- you might just be happy, as opposed to "incredibly happy". I also find fault with your choices of "i've been better" or "better than ever". What if you won a million dollars on Monday, lost that million on Tuesday, and got it back on Wednesday? On wednesday, would you say you've been better? Probably not. Are you better than ever? No...you're probably feeling as good as you were on Monday. My blog, my logical rules. When you have your own blog, you can win every argument, too. Suggestion denied!
-Brian
Oh boy. I just typed a huge paragraph about how Timmy convinced me to bet on the "over" in the Patriots game, then I lost (Brendan made the same bet). This paragraph was just deleted after I hit the mouse pad on mike's laptop and, in a cruel twist of fate, accidentally hit "enter" immediately afterwards. You'll never get to see that paragraph.
I started this blog at 1:00 AM this morning, while I was waiting for my comforter to dry in the dryer (where else?), but as of this sentence, it's 12:00 PM. I washed my comforter for the first time in -- uh, this might gross you out, but I can't really remember the last time I washed it, though I don't have a great memory. All I know is it took forever to dry, and it doesn't smell as good as I was hoping it would after a lengthy tumble in the dryer. After putting it in the dryer for over an hour, I ended up with a comforter that seemed as if it was partially burnt (if you could put a comforter in a toaster, this would most likely be the consistency you'd expect) and partially damp. I couldn't wait much longer to go to bed, so I sucked it up and tried to go to sleep under my burnt/damp blanket. It worked out surprisingly okay.
The first minute I read this link for H.O.P.E (Horrified Observers of Pedestrian Entertainment), I thought it was a joke. Then I realized it isn't a joke, or at least if it is, it's a pretty convincing one. These people basically object to talentless individuals who are famous for no real reason and also entertainment that is of low quality but is, for some reason, accepted by the masses. They were apparently out in force to protest the Paris Hilton book signings in the LA area. Best H.O.P.E. protest sign: I'd Rather Watch a Stephen King Porn than Read a Paris Hilton Book.
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Mestee,
I object to your poll choices. doesn't "i've been better" cover "ornery," "expletive", and depending on your disposition, "good" and "fabulous"? to avoid confusion on your next poll, i suggest two choices: (1) i've been better and (2) better than ever. 'til then, i'll have to consider you and your results statistically insignificant.
jonathan bryce casual
JB Casual,
Perhaps you were too intoxicated by the merlot you were swilling from your plastic wine glass, or maybe it was the tight-fitting mock turtleneck cutting the oxygen supply to your brain, but somehow you overlooked the fact that "ornery" or "(expletive)" are not necessarily covered by "I've been better". If you are an incredibly happy person, and you reply that you've been better, this does not necessarily mean that you are feeling ornery or (expletive) -- you might just be happy, as opposed to "incredibly happy". I also find fault with your choices of "i've been better" or "better than ever". What if you won a million dollars on Monday, lost that million on Tuesday, and got it back on Wednesday? On wednesday, would you say you've been better? Probably not. Are you better than ever? No...you're probably feeling as good as you were on Monday. My blog, my logical rules. When you have your own blog, you can win every argument, too. Suggestion denied!
-Brian
Oh boy. I just typed a huge paragraph about how Timmy convinced me to bet on the "over" in the Patriots game, then I lost (Brendan made the same bet). This paragraph was just deleted after I hit the mouse pad on mike's laptop and, in a cruel twist of fate, accidentally hit "enter" immediately afterwards. You'll never get to see that paragraph.
I started this blog at 1:00 AM this morning, while I was waiting for my comforter to dry in the dryer (where else?), but as of this sentence, it's 12:00 PM. I washed my comforter for the first time in -- uh, this might gross you out, but I can't really remember the last time I washed it, though I don't have a great memory. All I know is it took forever to dry, and it doesn't smell as good as I was hoping it would after a lengthy tumble in the dryer. After putting it in the dryer for over an hour, I ended up with a comforter that seemed as if it was partially burnt (if you could put a comforter in a toaster, this would most likely be the consistency you'd expect) and partially damp. I couldn't wait much longer to go to bed, so I sucked it up and tried to go to sleep under my burnt/damp blanket. It worked out surprisingly okay.
The first minute I read this link for H.O.P.E (Horrified Observers of Pedestrian Entertainment), I thought it was a joke. Then I realized it isn't a joke, or at least if it is, it's a pretty convincing one. These people basically object to talentless individuals who are famous for no real reason and also entertainment that is of low quality but is, for some reason, accepted by the masses. They were apparently out in force to protest the Paris Hilton book signings in the LA area. Best H.O.P.E. protest sign: I'd Rather Watch a Stephen King Porn than Read a Paris Hilton Book.
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